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Month: July 2015
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By Donald Zuhn — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced earlier today that U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker has appointed Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy Drew Hirshfeld to be the new Commissioner for Patents effective immediately. Mr. Hirshfeld should be familiar to readers of this space for his role, as Deputy Commissioner…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — Pursuant to the Notice published in the Federal Register today, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office provided additional materials related to the Office's interpretation of what does (and what does not) satisfy the subject matter eligibility requirement of 35 U.S.C. § 101 (as interpreted by the Supreme Court). What was…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will publish a Notice on July 30th that the Office is updating their procedures for determining subject matter eligibility. A copy of this Notice can be found here. The update will contain three appendices: • Appendix 1 provides new examples that are illustrative of…
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By Donald Zuhn — Earlier this month, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced two new collaborations with the Japan Patent Office. In a press release issued on July 1, the USPTO announced an agreement with the JPO in which the JPO will act as an available International Searching Authority (ISA) and International Preliminary Examining…
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By Donald Zuhn — Earlier this month, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued a cost estimate for the Innovation Act (H.R. 9). The bill, which was introduced in February, was reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary in June. The CBO noted that implementing H.R. 9 would cost an estimated $3 million between 2016…
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By Sherri Oslick — About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Hetero Labs Ltd, Unit V et al. v. Pharmacia & Upjohn Co. LLC1:15-cv-05396; filed June 18, 2015 in the Northern District of Illinois • Plaintiffs: Hetero Labs Ltd, Unit V; Hetero USA, Inc.• Defendant: …
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July 29, 2015 – "Teva: The Real Impact on Claim Construction Tactics in the PTAB, Federal Courts, and ITC" (American Intellectual Property Law Association) – 12:30 – 2:00 pm (Eastern) July 29, 2015 – "Protecting Your Trade Secrets: Strategies and Tools to Avoid Costly Litigation" (Commercial Law WebAdvisor) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (Eastern) July…
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McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will be offering a live webinar entitled "Meet the New Boss. Same as the Old Boss? Not Even Close under New Mayo/Alice Regime for § 101" on August 27, 2015 from 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT). In this presentation, MBHB attorneys and Patent Docs authors Grantland G. Drutchas…
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Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Inducement to Infringe in Patent Litigation: Protecting IP Rights — Lessons from Commil USA v. Cisco Sys. Inc. and Leveraging Opinions of Counsel" on August 20, 2015 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT). Erika H. Arner, Patrick J. Coyne, Thomas L. Irving, and Dr. Barbara R. Rudolph of…
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Practising Law Institute (PLI) will be offering an audio webcast entitled "Where to Challenge Patents? International Post Grant Practice — Strategic Considerations Before the USPTO, EPO, SIPO and JPO" on July 29, 2015 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm (Eastern). Dr. Jeffery P. Langer, Christophe Besnard, Shigeki Takeuchi, and Cliff Yang of Osha Liang LLP will:…
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